Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Meeting, April 2015 - JoWonder (images coming soon!)

On a bright, cold morning we gathered for the April Book Arts
Collective meeting. Attendees include writers, artists and novices.Today’s guest speaker is JoWonder,
an animator, film maker and book artist.

She then went on to discuss her triptychs; traditionally
portable altarpiece depticting religious scences, Jo’s large canvas triptych
resemble Mexican miracle paintings. Jo discussed the narrative content of her
triptych – they are picture stories that are transformative and Jo has used
feminist re- imaginings of fairy tales as the basis of her work.

Jo discussed a commission by the Wellcome collection to create
pictures using bacteria. This microbial art included a pre-raphelite rendition
of Ophelia that degraded over time, you can view further information on this on
youtube, the project is entitled 6 days Goodbye poems of Ophelia.

Jo shared examples of her book art including work inspired by
Bodhisattva and a new book Soup Bowl Stories.

Jo’s shared her advice/tips for completing Arts Council
applications, including whether you may wish to employ an expert to
help put the application together and examples from her own
application.
British Women artists http://www.britishwomenartists.com/

This is a repository of women artists who are, comparatively, less
represented in galleries and exhibitions. Artists submit their work
and a few sentences about their work, there are astoundingly and
wonderful array of fine art on the website, including short films.
BWA welcomes book artists!

One of our members, Jaquinta, londonbookworks.blogspot.co.uk,
also brought along a piece of work to show, which was housed in a small box and
contained sea-side sayings on lollipop sticks!Book Art, from an unusual angle, probably making it a
book-art-object …...

The June meeting sees us very lucky
indeed, when we welcome 2 talented guests, Ed Boxall, and Kim Pace.This is the last meeting before our
Summer Break, so make sure you book thedate and come along.Watch
for more detailed information to come.

Please let us know if you, or someone
you know, or know of, can come and join us later in the year as a guest, as
there are some spots available.Suggestions please!Either
email Dorry, or if you belong through the Meetup Groups, send a message through
there.

Would you like your work included on the Sussex book arts
website?

If you would like your work uploaded then please contact Dorry direct.
Include the images and 1-2 sentences.

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About Me

Dorry Smallman the book artist is founder of the Sussex Book Art Collective. She felt a Book Art Forum was needed in Sussex. We want to bring all the book art practices together into one group, known as the Sussex Book Art Collective, or SBAC. Artists, academics, book-binders, letter-press printers, papercraft addicts and any book-related artists are all invited to contribute to this new group. Contact us if you would welcome being included in a list of speakers! SBAC wants to be a platform for people to test new work and ideas, with emerging book artists alongside more established practioners. Members will have input into content of meetings and will benefit from a reduction in one-off specialist courses from time to time. Meetings will seek to offer a space for getting together with those who have similar interests in the book arts and inspirational ideas - all in a social atmosphere and for all age groups, men and women. Meetings will be held at roughly 6 to 8 weekly intervals, with a break for refreshments. The format will vary, from speakers, to those with more of a workshop flavour, depending on members' wishes. The illustration for our profile is the work of the brilliant book artist Brian Dettmer.